Start the Car

Start the Car is the third solo album by American singer-songwriter Jude Cole, released by Reprise Records on August 25, 1992. A follow-up to A View from 3rd Street, the album found Cole shifting from pop into a heartland rock sound.

Start the Car
Studio album by Jude Cole
Released	August 25, 1992
Recorded	Cherokee Studios, Westlake Audio, Ocean Way Studios, Capitol Studios, Track Record, Groove Masters, Image Recordings Los Angeles, California
Genre	Rock
Length	47:33
Label	Reprise
Producer	Jude Cole, James Newton Howard
Jude Cole chronology
A View from 3rd Street (1990) Start the Car (1992) I Don't Know Why I Act This Way (1995)
Singles from Start the Car
"Start the Car" Released: October 1992[1] "Tell the Truth" Released: January 1993[2]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]

The album peaked at number 177 on the Billboard 200, number 46 on Australia's ARIA charts, and number 24 in Sweden. Its lead single of the same name peaked at number 71 on the Billboard Hot 100 (on the issue dated October 10, 1992), and reached number six on the US Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart, number 24 in Canada, and number 59 in Australia. The album's second single, "Tell the Truth" peaked at number 57 on the former chart (on the issue dated March 13, 1993).^[4][5][6]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Jude Cole, with additional contributors noted.

1. "Start the Car" – 5:07
2. "Worlds Apart" (Ron Aniello) – 3:54
3. "Open Road" – 5:19
4. "Just Another Night" (James Newton Howard) – 3:47
5. "Tell the Truth" – 5:27
6. "Intro" – 0:43
7. "Right There Now" – 5:05
8. "First Your Money (Then Your Clothes)" (George Green) – 4:12
9. "It Comes Around" – 4:38
10. "Blame It on Fate" – 4:50
11. "A Place in the Line" – 4:31

Personnel

• John Robinson, Jim Keltner, Jeff Porcaro, Pat Mastelotto – drums
• Robbie Buchanan – drum programming
• Lenny Castro – percussion
• James Newton Howard, Steve Porcaro, Marc Greene, Robbie Buchanan – keyboards
• David Paich, James Newton Howard, Bill Payne – piano
• Mike Finnegan, Marc Greene – organ
• Jude Cole, Tim Pierce, Michael Landau, Michael Thompson, Ron Aniello – guitar
• Lee Sklar, Neil Stubenhaus, Jude Cole – bass
• Richard Green – violin
• Jude Cole, Ron Aniello – mandolin
• Jude Cole – hammered dulcimer
• Jerry Hey, Larry Williams, Gary Grant, Daniel Higgins – horns
• Jude Cole, Sass Jordan, Tommy Shaw, Jack Blades, Sam Llanas, John Elefante, Chuck Sabatino, Robert Parlee, Phillip Ingram – backing vocals

Technical

• Marc Greene, Chris Lord-Alge, Bob Schaper, Erich Gobel – recording engineer
• Chris Lord-Alge – mixing
• Michael Ostin – executive producer
• John Halpern Cover Photograph, Rick Cole, John Heiden, Jeri Heiden, Michael Wilson – photography
• Jeri Heiden – art direction

Charts

Chart (1992)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[7]	42
US Billboard 200[8]	177
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[9]	24

References

1. "Billborad Database".
2. "Billborad Database".
3. Start the Car at AllMusic
4. "Mainstream Rock Airplay". Billboard. October 24, 1992. Retrieved October 18, 2023.
5. "RPM 100 Hit Tracks". RPM. October 24, 1992. Retrieved October 18, 2023 – via Library and Archives Canada.
6. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
7. "Australiancharts.com – Jude Cole – Start the Car". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 18, 2023.
8. "Album / Jude Cole / Start the Car". Retrieved April 30, 2024.
9. "Swedishcharts.com – Jude Cole – Start the Car". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 18, 2023.